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The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played When Cal Rip

How the Oakland A's of the 1970s-a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers-won three straight championships and knocked baseball into the modern age The Oakland A's of the early 1970s were th

Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India-a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light In 1841, twenty-year-ol

A finalist for the 2016 Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize A leading venture capitalist offers surprising revelations on who is going to be driving innovation in the years to comeScott Ha

The 4-Week Plan that Beat Out All Other Plans in the ABC Weight-Loss Reality TV Show "My Diet Is Better than Yours" For more than fifteen years, nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner has helped hundred

Nothing fascinates us more than explorations of human origins, and nobody tells the story better than Ian Tattersall.

"Ferreira masterfully portrays the science and scientists behind general relativity's star-crossed history and argues that even now we are only just beginning to realize its vitality as a tool for

What's really happening behind closed doors on America's college campuses' A new sexual revolution is sweeping the country, and college students are on the front lines.

For a quarter century, the annual Best American Sports Writing has showcased the greatest sports journalism of the previous year.

"Undeniably exquisite...'eveal[s] not only how science actually happens but also who or what propels its immutable humanity." -Maria Popova "An excellent introduction to the key issues in science t

"The Best American Travel Writing has been the gold standard for short-form travel writing from newspapers, magazines, and the Internet since its inception." -New York Times Book Review Everyone tr

A pioneering psychologist reveals how three emotions can provide the surest, quickest route to success in any realm.

It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals.

Most people can name some famous artists and recognize their best-known works.

The grand master of cooking has a new apprentice in the kitchen: his granddaughter. Jacques Pepin is one of the nation's most famous cooking teachers, renowned for his knife skills.